Rolf Harris is being released from prison.

[simmo 21,581]

6 minutes ago, Perthbum said:

return him to his native perth, thats sentence enough.

have you no mercy!!! 

[Perthbum 5,723]

4 hours ago, simmo said:

have you no mercy!!! 

no mate....he did the crime he must do the time....wormwood scrubs or perth.

[Parley 7,356]

He has done the time.

Which is why he was released.

[Sunset 5,117]

They should bankrupt him too.

[Parley 7,356]

Gone to meet his maker.

[Bulya 2,754]

13 minutes ago, Parley said:

Gone to meet his maker.

Died weeks ago 

[simmo 21,581]

On 11/11/2017 at 06:08, Sunset said:

They should bankrupt him too.

How. He's brown bread...

[s713 2,019]

9 hours ago, Parley said:

Gone to meet his maker.

Jimmy Saville?

[InnerVoice 389]

11 hours ago, Parley said:

Gone to meet his maker.

Growing up I loved The Rolf Harris show and he was a positive influence in how I viewed Australia, which led me to visit and eventually migrate.

It's inexcusable what he did, and I find it very sad that someone with so much warmth, humour, and talent ended his life disgraced and an outcast. His wife was an absolute rock to have stood by him through all that - never underestimate the power of love. Some say his prison sentence was too short, but I think spending the remainder of his life as a social pariah without an audience would have been a much harsher punishment for him.

[unzippy 3,457]

Given that he was a convicted nonce, I was amazed at the news coverage last night!

Nearly a 8 min segment on him

[InnerVoice 389]

5 hours ago, unzippy said:

Given that he was a convicted nonce, I was amazed at the news coverage last night!

Nearly a 8 min segment on him

Let's just dismiss his six decade career as an entertainer which gave great pleasure to millions of people because he was a 'convicted nonce'. I suppose the coverage of Nelson Mandela's death was a bit too long because he was a convicted terrorist.

[unzippy 3,457]

41 minutes ago, InnerVoice said:

Let's just dismiss his six decade career as an entertainer which gave great pleasure to millions of people because he was a 'convicted nonce'.

That's what happens in the real world

Why do you think radio stations no longer play Gary Glitter tunes?

Why do you think there aren't old reruns of Jim'll Fix It on the telly?

Why do you think there are no exhibitions of Hitler's watercolours?

Edited Thursday at 08:25 by unzippy

[InnerVoice 389]

W

40 minutes ago, unzippy said:

That's what happens in the real world

Why do you think radio stations no longer play Gary Glitter tunes?

Why do you think there aren't old reruns of Jim'll Fix It on the telly?

Why do you think there are no exhibitions of Hitler's watercolours?

Then choose your own narrative - no need to follow the crowd.

[HappyHeart 14,138]

1 hour ago, InnerVoice said:

Let's just dismiss his six decade career as an entertainer which gave great pleasure to millions of people because he was a 'convicted nonce'. I suppose the coverage of Nelson Mandela's death was a bit too long because he was a convicted terrorist.

Oh please.....

[unzippy 3,457]

34 minutes ago, InnerVoice said:

W

Then choose your own narrative - no need to follow the crowd.

Amazing.

Genuine question, what other narratives do you choose?  Flat Earther?  Holocaust Denial?  Chem trails?

[InnerVoice 389]

Have you ever heard of research?

[s713 2,019]

In addition to the noncing, a bit of career perspective is also required I think. This wasn't Beethoven or Van Gogh going toes up, it was Rolf Harris. The extra leg and didgeridoo man.

That said, I appreciated his concern for animals (homo sapiens excepted).

Edited Thursday at 12:08 by s713

[Toots 11,706]

I wonder what happened to the portrait he did of the Queen.  Was it chucked out or is it hanging up in one of her many residences?

 

 

[unzippy 3,457]

7 hours ago, Toots said:

I wonder what happened to the portrait he did of the Queen.  Was it chucked out or is it hanging up in one of her many residences?

 

 

Dunno, but also featured heavily in the news article, along with everything else pre arrest, then 3 secs about his kiddy fiddling - very weird reporting

[unzippy 3,457]

11 hours ago, InnerVoice said:

Have you ever heard of research?

Yes thanks. 

However I'm asking what you think.  How do you suggest I research that, apart from asking you?

[Toots 11,706]

1 hour ago, unzippy said:

Dunno, but also featured heavily in the news article, along with everything else pre arrest, then 3 secs about his kiddy fiddling - very weird reporting

I hardly every watch TV so didn't see anything about Rolf Harris.  Heard about it on BBC Scotland but they didn't give much info other than that he'd died.

[Parley 7,356]

He was a very talented performer. 

Perhaps didn't realise the seriousness of what he may have done back in the 70s and 80s. I don't know the details.

I always thought it was strange that Bill Wyman never seemed to suffer any consequences for what he did.

Edited Thursday at 23:09 by Parley

[s713 2,019]

1 minute ago, Parley said:

Perhaps didn't realise the seriousness of what he may have done back in the 70s and 80s.

He was a paedophile. He forced himself on children. What information are you missing?

[Parley 7,356]

5 minutes ago, s713 said:

He was a paedophile. He forced himself on children. What information are you missing?

You are pretty naive if you don't think pop stars and celebrities didn't have under age sex back in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Edited Thursday at 23:16 by Parley

[s713 2,019]

1 minute ago, Parley said:

You are pretty naive if you don't think pos stars and celebrities didn't have under age sex back in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

I'm not naive at all. I read you mate. I remember the Cardinal Pell stuff.